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outcome after the supreme court made that decision on the voting rights act is that you had states like texas and north carolina rush immediately to enact voter i.d. laws that are seen by many people as directly restricting of the voting rights of african-americans and minorities. even to the point where colin powell, a republican, a very senior and respected republican said of the north carolina voter i.d. law, it immediately turns off a voting block republicans need. he wants to see policies that encourage people to vote and he's accusing north carolina of punishing minority voters. how ironic is that? >> it's incredibly ironic. i think we need to be aware of the extent of the racism that still permeates the society. there's a tendency, you look back 50 years to the march on washington and talk about the progress that's been made. obviously there's been significant progress. but there's a tendency to overstate it. and that leads you to overlook the problems that exist now. the problems of continuing racism, job discrimination, housing discrimination, schools are probably as segregated or al
outcome after the supreme court made that decision on the voting rights act is that you had states like texas and north carolina rush immediately to enact voter i.d. laws that are seen by many people as directly restricting of the voting rights of african-americans and minorities. even to the point where colin powell, a republican, a very senior and respected republican said of the north carolina voter i.d. law, it immediately turns off a voting block republicans need. he wants to see policies...
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these days, the texas governor is reportedly lobbying the white house for $100 million in obama care funding. according to politico, texas health eaches are in talks with the administration to accept federal funding to for the funned iffing first act. governor perry is not 0 lone in his secret crush on the thing he publicly hates the most. so far, six republican governors have expanded medicaid in their states. jan brewer, chris christie, terry branstad, susana martinez, brian sandoval and jack dalrymple. after years of railing against it, republicans are finally going to understand that the affordable care act actually helps people. in this, perhaps, governor perry expressed it best. >> sorry. oops. joining us now is msnbc policy analyst "the washington post's" ezra klein. we use every excuse we can to play the rick perry oops moment. he does seem to be having a little bit of an oops insofar as he's going to take a sharpie out and wipe away as much of the funding for obama care as possible and is asking for $100 million to implement parts of actually obama care. >> well, let me come
these days, the texas governor is reportedly lobbying the white house for $100 million in obama care funding. according to politico, texas health eaches are in talks with the administration to accept federal funding to for the funned iffing first act. governor perry is not 0 lone in his secret crush on the thing he publicly hates the most. so far, six republican governors have expanded medicaid in their states. jan brewer, chris christie, terry branstad, susana martinez, brian sandoval and jack...
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last year they executed nine people in the state of texas. every single state that has the death penalty at this point offers juries the option of giving people life in prison for whatever reason, florida has decided that they want to not only maintain the death penalty but speed up the process by which it is to be carried out. >> if you look at even the cost of executing people, i think it is, on average, $3 million for a single case just from setting aside the conservative paradigm of having the government as little involved as possible and the ramifications of having the state able to take a citizen's life. beyond that, just fiscally it doesn't make sense to have a death penalty. >> absolutely. there is a great argument for that. i think what you're seeing in states like florida is an effort to sort of test the limits of the supreme court, the constitutional standard they set on mental competency. you are seeing them sort of push the energy and lower the bar that allows them to sort of move forward with the death penalty and the supreme co
last year they executed nine people in the state of texas. every single state that has the death penalty at this point offers juries the option of giving people life in prison for whatever reason, florida has decided that they want to not only maintain the death penalty but speed up the process by which it is to be carried out. >> if you look at even the cost of executing people, i think it is, on average, $3 million for a single case just from setting aside the conservative paradigm of...
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in texas, it's not the result of the most recent legislation that got so much attention. this is the result of regulations and family planning cuts that came in 2010, 2011. but i think that important point as well to what you're both saying is look at who is behind the legislation that's creating the clinic closures. these are the exact same ledges lay sures that vote against equal pay, that vote against the kind of help for women who choose to carry their pregnancies to term. in california, we're seeing a real push towards expansion of services, the people opposing that are the same people opposing added assistance for low income women who choose to have more children? so you're damned if you do and damned if you don't according to these men. >> and the other argument that we've heard is the gosnell case. you heard some suggesting that that is what happens because of access to abortion care. and many of us in the pro-choice movement believe that's what's going to happen if we don't have access to quality care particularly when you heard those horror stories of low income
in texas, it's not the result of the most recent legislation that got so much attention. this is the result of regulations and family planning cuts that came in 2010, 2011. but i think that important point as well to what you're both saying is look at who is behind the legislation that's creating the clinic closures. these are the exact same ledges lay sures that vote against equal pay, that vote against the kind of help for women who choose to carry their pregnancies to term. in california,...
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. >> wow, that was down in texas. that's the fireworks in the lone star state. senator ted
. >> wow, that was down in texas. that's the fireworks in the lone star state. senator ted
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general eric holder announced the department of justice had officially filed suit against the state of texas for discriminatory voter i.d. laws and while 29 other states will push forward with voter suppression efforts the symbolism of this fight led by this attorney general during the administration of this president in particular should also not be forgotten. history tells us that the magnitude of the moment is sometimes lost on the people living through it. in the "washington post," robert kaiser explains some 50 years ago wednesday, his very own paper missed the mark. the post published two dozen stories about the march, kaiser explains. every one missed the importance of king's address. the words "i have a dream" appeared only once in a wrap-up of the day's rhetoric on page a-15 in the fifth paragraph. i've never seen anyone call us on this bit of journalistic malpractice. perhaps this anniversary provides a good moment to cop a plea. we blew it. coming up, officials are calling it the highest priority fire in the country and say it poses every challenge there could be. a live report on
general eric holder announced the department of justice had officially filed suit against the state of texas for discriminatory voter i.d. laws and while 29 other states will push forward with voter suppression efforts the symbolism of this fight led by this attorney general during the administration of this president in particular should also not be forgotten. history tells us that the magnitude of the moment is sometimes lost on the people living through it. in the "washington...